Education in Eswatini

126 indicators covering education for Eswatini.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Persistence to grade 5, total 97.3% 2018 up 1.2% 45th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 101 2024 down 37.7% 116th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 213 2024 up 10.4% 101st
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 221 2024 down 7.1% 112th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 311 2024 down 7.4% 114th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 94.9% 2017 down 15.0% 149th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 97.9% 2017 down 16.5% 128th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.3% 2100 down 26.8% 104th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 3,900 people 2100 down 30.4% 139th
Population by level of education 321,700 people 2100 up 12.1% 164th
Repeaters, primary, female 11.0% 2017 down 27.9% 25th
Repeaters, primary, male 15.6% 2017 down 23.9% 18th
School enrollment, secondary, private 2.0% 2016 158th
School enrollment, primary 82.5% 2017 up 0.6% 152nd
Trained teachers in primary education 68.3% 2022 up 1.1% 115th
Over-age students, primary 28.3% 2017 down 10.1% 7th
Secondary education, teachers 51.7% 2022 up 6.2% 133rd
School enrollment, primary, female 82.4% 2017 up 1.0% 130th
School enrollment, primary, male 82.7% 2017 up 0.3% 131st
Over-age students, primary, male 31.0% 2017 down 9.8% 6th
Over-age students, primary, female 25.3% 2017 down 10.5% 9th
Compulsory education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 168th
Progression to secondary school 98.1% 2016 up 2.6% 71st
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 82.6% 2017 up 0.6% 152nd
Trained teachers in primary education, female 71.2% 2022 up 2.7% 107th
Trained teachers in primary education, male 61.8% 2022 down 2.6% 112th
Primary education, pupils 47.6% 2017 down 0.6% 172nd
Tertiary education, academic staff 42.0% 2015 up 16.3% 89th
Persistence to grade 5, female 98.2% 2018 up 0.8% 35th
Persistence to grade 5, male 96.6% 2018 up 1.6% 43rd
School enrollment, secondary 41.7% 2015 up 16.7% 133rd
Preprimary education, duration 3 years 2025 unchanged 104th
Progression to secondary school, male 98.1% 2016 up 0.3% 64th
School enrollment, secondary, female 47.1% 2015 up 22.7% 125th
School enrollment, secondary, male 36.4% 2015 up 10.1% 137th
Progression to secondary school, female 98.0% 2016 up 4.8% 75th
Expenditure on tertiary education 13.3% 2014 down 49.9% 124th
Literacy rate, youth female 98.8% 2022 up 2.6% 43rd
Children out of school, primary 7,275 2022 down 69.9% 120th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 82.5% 2017 up 1.0% 134th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 82.7% 2017 up 0.3% 135th
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 1 GPI 2022 24th
Literacy rate, youth male 98.5% 2022 38th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 26.6 2017 down 18.0% 58th
Literacy rate, youth total 98.7% 2022 42nd
Expenditure on secondary education 34.1% 2014 up 21.6% 71st
Expenditure on primary education 50.8% 2014 up 34.9% 17th
Secondary education, pupils 49.5% 2016 down 1.1% 79th
Children out of school, primary, female 4,410 2022 down 66.7% 116th
Children out of school, primary, male 2,865 2022 down 73.8% 126th
Trained teachers in secondary education 61.2% 2022 down 19.3% 91st
Adolescents out of school 7.3% 2022 up 41.4% 82nd
Trained teachers in secondary education, female 76.9% 2022 up 4.8% 74th
Trained teachers in secondary education, male 44.4% 2022 down 43.2% 93rd
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 15.55 2016 down 19.6% 86th
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 12.47 2011 130th
Adolescents out of school, female 8.5% 2022 up 21.4% 68th
Adolescents out of school, male 6.0% 2022 up 85.3% 91st
Net intake rate in grade 1 38.4% 2016 down 31.3% 113th
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary 17.55 2013 up 10.2% 72nd